Ritual Art Alchemy
Each artwork is created through an inner alchemical life process — merging dreams, symbols, cosmology.
Through a visionary language shaped by lineage, intuition and technique, the artwork becomes an altar:
a space for reflection,
a mirror of the inner realms,
and a guide for psychological and spiritual processes.
Collectors often describe the artworks as alive — shifting, responding and revealing new layers over time.
VISIONARY ART
Ximena, XHIVA is a Bolivian-born visionary artist, ritual guide and cultural curator based in Switzerland. Her work explores themes of transformation, resilience, memory and the invisible dimensions of human experience.
Rooted in painting, ritual practice and embodied processes, her artistic language weaves symbolism, intuitive perception and lived experience. Through exhibitions, workshops and curated collective projects, she creates spaces where art becomes a medium for reflection, exploration. inner movement and reconnection.
Her practice is informed by years of artistic and ritual research, cross-cultural living experience and a deep engagement with art as a transformative force..
XHIVA works independently and in collaboration with artists, performers and cultural spaces, developing projects that bridge contemporary art, ritual and lived experience.
Collections - Available Art
These collections are bodies of work developed over years, each one holding a specific transmission, archetypal path or inner transformation.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
My art is an alchemical ritual — a journey of transformation.
Each canvas is a portal, a living field where memory, intuition and essence meet. My work invites the viewer to remember, to resonate, and to reconnect with what moves beneath the surface of everyday life.
For me, painting is not only a technique but a process of feeling, listening and unveiling. Each piece marks the closure of inner cycles and the integration of lived experiences. My creative practice emerges from processes of emotional release, shadow work, resilience and the continuous dialogue between the personal and the collective.
It reflects my journey as a woman, a mother, a migrant — navigating layers, structures and life transitions while transforming experiences into vision.
Working with oil, acrylic, watercolor, crystals, organic elements such as earth and roots, symbols and codes. I explore the alchemy between materials and ancestral energy. My process is intuitive and ceremonial, guided by dreams, visions, movement and the wisdom that comes from lived experience.
My inspiration is rooted in the Andean and Amazonian cosmovision, in the teachings of shamanic traditions, symbology and in the universal path of inner evolution. Art, for me, is not an object — it is an altar, a resonant field and a mirror of our deepest truths.
Trained in Fine Arts in Bolivia and mentored by Ernst Fuchs in Monaco, Master and Pioneer of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, I carry a lineage of visionary storytelling and symbolic precision. My work has been exhibited internationally, allowing me to act as an artist, healer and art curator committed to cultural and spiritual exploration.
Through my paintings, I offer symbolic codes and ceremonial spaces where transformation can unfold. Each piece becomes an encounter — a portal to resilience, healing, introspection and transcendence.
Ximena Quinteros
Bolivian-born visionary artist, cultural entrepreneur and curator, based in Switzerland.
Education & Artistic Trajectory
1996
Bachelor in Humanities
Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
1996 – 1998
Art Studies, UMSA La Paz, Bolivia
1998 – 1999
Studies in Fine Arts
École Municipale d’Arts Plastiques, Monaco
1999 – 2001
Advanced artistic training and collaboration with Ernst Fuchs
Participation in the painting of the Apocalypse Chapel, Klagenfurt, Austria
Artistic collaboration and work at his studio in Monaco
2002 – 2004
Studies at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes
La Paz, Bolivia
2007 - 2009
Studies in Fashion and Jewelry Design
Academia Teniente and Joyeria Topacio
La Paz, Bolivia
PROFESSIONAL ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE
1997 – Present
Independent visionary artist, cultural initiator and curator
Active in Bolivia, Peru, Monaco, Austria, Germany and Switzerland
• Painting (acrylic, oil, mixed media)
• Visionary, symbolic and ritual-based art
• Interdisciplinary projects integrating visual art, performance, music and ritual
• Artistic workshops and embodied creative processes
2001 – Present
Founder and director of independent artistic conceptual events and cultural projects:
Projects dedicated to contemporary visionary art, intercultural exchange, ritual practices and collective artistic experiences.
CHRONOLOGY OF EXHIBITIONS
2025
Visionary Art week- Second Edition - Photobastei, Zürich
Art Curator & Production
Honorable Mention Influence Gallery, London
2024
Visionary Art week- First Edition - The Great Gallery, Zürich
2023
Exhibition for the Day of the Dead Ceremony, St. Jakob Church, Switzerland
(Paintings, concert, vernissage)
Echoes of Resilience — Solo Exhibition, Roys Raum, Switzerland
(Vernissage, workshops, concert, finissage)Echoes of Resilience & TRIBAL Nights, Kraftwerk, Switzerland
(Solo Exhibition, DJ set, performances)Women · Art · Migration — Group Exhibition, Galerie Rapperswil, Switzerland
2022
Energy Fields — Group Exhibition, LaFraise Gallery, Switzerland
2021
Kunstweihe Opening Kulti, Wetzikon, Switzerland
Frei Sein – Kunst im Tal, Rorbas, Switzerland
Camino al Sur, Effretikon, Switzerland (Art Walk Exhibition)
2019
A Journey of the Soul — Solo Exhibition, Zurich, Switzerland
(Paintings, ritual dance, ecstatic dance, DJ set, shamanic circle, workshops)Babalu — Solo Exhibition, Zurich, Switzerland
2015 – 2010
Solo Exhibition Series, Cusco & Pisac, Peru
(Ulrike Café, Trattoria Escondida)Haylli Fraktal Dragon Gallery, Cusco, Peru — Group Exhibition
2009
Group Exhibition, Nayra Gallery, La Paz, Bolivia
2008
Solo Exhibition, Manqha Uta, Copacabana, Bolivia
Solo Exhibition, Art Café “La Comedy”, La Paz, Bolivia
2007
En Raíz Arte — Solo Exhibition, Casa Municipal de la Cultura Franz Tamayo, La Paz, Bolivia
(Paintings, poetry, photography, performances)En Raíz Arte — Solo Exhibition, La Paz, Bolivia
2006
Novells 2006, Art Gallery Taipinquiri, La Paz, Bolivia
Individual Exhibition, Art Café La Comedy, La Paz, Bolivia
2005
Elemental — Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Arts Plaza, La Paz, Bolivia
2001 – 1999
Group Exhibition, Council School of Arts, Monaco
1997
Festival for Art and Culture, Sucre & Potosí, Bolivia
University Exhibition, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia
Exhibition, Chopería, La Paz, Bolivia